ACC Equipment: Helmets

Acc is recalling about 1,492 vehicles over a problem with the equipment. In the event of a crash, the wearer may not be adequately protected, possibly resulting serious injuries.

Campaign
07E011000
Manufacturer
ADVANCED CARBON COMPOSITES INC.
Reported
12 February 2007
Vehicles
1,492
Built between
Not published
Models
1
Recall type
Equipment
Initiated by
NHTSA compliance test
Owners notified
8 November 2007
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

The manufacturer did not publish a build-date range for this recall, so the model and year list below is the only way to tell whether your vehicle is covered.

  • ACC EXT-002

What the defect is

Certain acc EXT-002 motorcycle helmets sizes large and xl fail to conform to the penetration and attenuation requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 218, motorcycle helmets.

What could happen

In the event of a crash, the wearer may not be adequately protected, possibly resulting serious injuries.

What gets fixed

THIS RECALL CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED BY SAFETY RECALL 07E-083.

Timeline

  1. Recall reported to NHTSA12 February 2007
  2. Owners notified8 November 2007

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 12 February 2007.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
ADVANCED CARBON COMPOSITES INC.
Safety standard
FMVSS 218
Recall initiated by
OVSC

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

Customers can contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236; (tty: 1-800-424-9153); or go to http://www.safercar.gov.

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

Same component

Same brand